Cheryl Watson’s Tuning Letter
Cheryl’s List #43 – April 12, 2000
1. Email Backlog 2. Cheryl Watson's TUNING Letter 2000, No. 2 Summary 1. Email Backlog I have been waging a losing battle against my email backlog. If you have a quick question, I normally answer the same day. Anything else may take weeks, although I have some pending from 18 months ago. So I've decided to delete the old ones and start fresh. If you've sent me a question that I haven't answered and you still want a reply, please re-send it (but only after April 30th). I'll make every effort to...
Cheryl’s List #42 – March 29, 2000
1. CD-ROMs Mailed 2. Amdahl Processor Announcement 1. CD-ROMs Mailed Our 1991-1999 CD-ROM has just been mailed to our electronic subscribers. The new CD-ROM contains almost 800 additional pages. These include all of the 1999 TUNING Letters, multiple CPU Charts, and 21 presentations and papers by Cheryl. With it comes a new version of Adobe Acrobat Reader containing a more sophisticated search function and clearer displays. Response to the CD-ROM has been tremendous. Many sites are taking...
Cheryl’s List #41 – March 13, 2000
1. Cheryl Watson's TUNING Letter 2000, No. 1 Summary The 56-page 2000, No. 1 TUNING Letter issue was just completed. Electronic subscribers will receive their TUNING Letter today. Printed issues should be mailed before March 27. The CD-ROM containing all of 1991-1999 should be mailed next week. HDS Goes Into Limited Production on S/390 Machines Just as we were going to press with this issue, HDS dropped a bombshell: they have stopped marketing S/390 mainframes (Skylines, Triniums, and Pilots)...
Cheryl’s List #40 – March 3, 2000
1. HDS Triniums 2. IBM MP3000 Status 3. SHARE in Anaheim 1. HDS Triniums On February 7th, HDS announced their newest line of Triniums based on a 262 MIPS engine. This is the fastest processor to date! I'll have a larger description of these in my next newsletter. The models are shown below. Model CPs SU/Sec Proc Grp MSU Ver Code STIDP 1009 1 12503.13 (VSF) 45 61 9672 2009 2 12253.06 IMLC 88 62 9672 3009 3 12128.03 IMLC 131 63 9672 4009 4 11877.97 IMLC 171 64 9672 5009 5 11627.91 IMLC 210...
Cheryl’s List #39 – February 2, 2000
1. HFS and PDSE Update 2. Cheryl Watson's TUNING Letter, No. 6 Summary 1. HFS and PDSE Update In the last Cheryl's List, I indicated that the PTFs for HFS and PDSE files on non-SMS-managed volumes was available, but the WSC Flash had not been issued yet. Flash10007, HFS & PDSE Support on non-Managed SMS Volumes, was finally issued on 01/24/00. This flash documents all of the APARs and PTFs which provide support for HFS and PDSE files on on-SMS-managed volumes. It also provides...
Cheryl’s List #38 – January 12, 2000
1. Congratulations! 2. Amdahl's New Processors 3. HFS and PDSE Update 4. Neat Personal News 5. Upcoming SHARE Conference 1. Congratulations! You all deserve a big hand of congratulations for the wonderful work you did getting ready for the Y2K cutover. Tom and I have long been in the group of supporters who believed that Y2K would NOT bring chaos and confusion to the world. And we don't agree with the complainers today who say that it was all hype and companies were conned into spending...
Cheryl’s List #37 – December 30, 1999
1. Update to Last Cheryl's List 2. Update to PDSE 1. Update to Last Cheryl's List In a previous Cheryl's List, I had a reference to a new Redbook on 'The Millennium Backup and Recovery', SG24-5358-00. IBM has removed that manual from the Web site. It will be available only through the IBM ITSO Intranet for IBM employees. Even though it may be too late to help for Y2K, it looks like a handy manual for backup recommendations in general. 2. Update on PDSE As many of my students know, I have...
Cheryl’s List #36 – December 20, 1999
1. Holiday Greetings 2. Update to Last Cheryl's List 3. Last Y2K URL 4. Germany Goal Mode Service Offering 5. CMG Michelson Award Acceptance Speech 1. Holiday Greetings Happy holidays and a very happy new millennium! Thank you all for being so supportive this year. You've been terrific! It's been quite a year for us after the robbery and my heart attack. The year couldn't be any better because the heart attack was like a wake up call. Tom and I are spending a lot more time staying healthy by...
Cheryl’s List #35 – December 14, 1999
1. REXX Dates 2. Late Y2K Redbook 3. Cheryl Watson's TUNING Letter 1999, No. 5 Summary 4. HFS and PDSE on Non-SMS Volumes 5. Quickstart Policy Question 1. REXX Dates If Y2K comes and you find some of your REXX execs not working properly, you may find that the date processing logic is wrong. IBM has published a neat little summary and recommendations on processing date fields in REXX at: http://www.ibm.com/s390/s390da/articles/rexxdate.html 2. Late Y2k Redbook A new redbook was released last...
Cheryl’s List #34 – December 8, 1999
1. Cheryl Wins CMG's Michelson Award 2. Last Y2K Items 1. Cheryl Wins CMG's Michelson Award A Note from Tom: Cheryl has just received a very high honor! Here is the notification from the Computer Measurement Group: The 1999 A. A. Michelson Award for the Advancement of Computer Systems Cheryl Watson The A. A. Michelson Award, created to recognize those rare individuals who have made significant contributions to the success of the computer evaluation field, is presented to you for your...